Poultry feeder



sept.2o,1949. p. w. LAMB l 2,482,675

POULTRY FEEDER f Filed July 12, 1946 INVENTOR PEARL W.LAMB

ATT RNES Patented Sept. 20, Y1949 Y UNITED STATES BENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention refers to poultry feeding cabinets. Objects of my inventionare:

To provide an enclosed hopper having perforated bottom controlled by areciprocated perforated slat slideable under strips secured to thebottom and tapering inwardly to deflect feed material through theassociated slat and bottom apertures, the slat being guided in groovesformed in the inner edges of the strips.

"Ioy provide a trough spaced below the feed hopper bottom having hingedframes shielding the trough mouth between its edges and the bottomcorners of the hopper.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction,combmation and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly dened by the appended claim, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawingsY is illustrated one complete example of thephysical embodi-Y ment of the present invention constructed according tothe best mode so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples thereof.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 represents a prospective view of a poultryfeeding cabinet embodying the features of my f invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same, the sectionbeing indicated by line 2 2 of Figure 3.

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross sectional view through the cabinet, thesection being indicated by line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view through the hopper as indicated byline 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring by characters to the drawings, I indicates a hopper, having adownwardly inclined top 2 hinged thereto, the pointed joint in the topbeing fitted with a channeled combing strip 3 for sealing the joint andsaid combing strip is also provided with an upwardly projecting flange,which flange serves as a roost for fowls.

The bottom 4 of the hopper is provided with a series of longitudinallydisposed discharge apertures 4. The said apertures are controlled by acorrespondingly apertured slideable slat 5, which slat is guided by apair of corner strips 6, 6, the same having downwardly flared deflectingfaces, terminating with grooves 6', 6', the said grooves serving toguide the slat 5.

One of the end walls I of the cabinet is formed with a slot and the slatis extended therethrough. The end of the slat is connected by a hook 8,to a reciprocated lever 9 pivoted to an ear extending from the cabinetend wall.

The end walls of the cabinet carry a feed trough I0 and the spacebetween the edges of the trough and the'corners of the hopper formmouths through which the poultry may have access to the feed containedin the trough. In order to protectthe trough and also to facilitatefeeding of the poultry, I provided a skeleton frame l I having perchboards II extending from end to end of the cabinet whereby the poultrymay conveniently feed therefrom.

In order to prevent poultry from entering the said trough I0, I providedskeleton frames I2, I2, whichV frames are hingedly connected to thebottom corners of the hopper and the free ends rest upon the upper edgesof the feed trough I0. The frames are provided with more or less closelyspaced transversely disposed bowed springs I2', which springs serve asbars between which the poultry may feed, it being understood that owingto the yielding tendency ofthe bars, they will permit ample entrancespace for feeding. From the foregoing description it is obvious, when itis desired to distribute feed from the hopper, the lever 9 is manuallymanipulated to cause sliding movement of the slat back and forth wherebythe proper volume of feed is discharged through the openings 4 into thetrough.V

I claim: Y

In a. poultry feeding cabinet, a hopper having side and end walls and aperforated bottom; corner strips fitted into the bottom having taperedfaces extending towards the center of the hopper, the strips beingformed with longitudinal grooves, a perforated slat slidably mounted inthe strip grooves having one end extending through an opening in one endwall of the hopper, an actuating lever pivoted to said end wall of thehopper, a link connecting the extended end of the perforated slat andthe lever, a trough positioned under the hopper bottom having itsedges'spaced from said hopper bottom to form mouths, frames secured tothe lower corner edges of the hopper, and bowed spacingV springsextending from the frames engaging the upper edges of the trough formingseparate feeding partitions for the trough mouths.

` PEARL W. LAMB.

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